Emmys Roundup: Winners, Losers, Best-Dressed & Best-Moments

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Last night’s 67th Primetime Emmy Awards held a few monumental firsts, some predictable wins and some surprises. Despite speculation that non-network television like Netflix and Amazon would dominate, HBO reined supreme with major wins for Game of Thrones, Olive Kitteridge and Veep.

Host Andy Samberg effectively skewered the issues on everyone's minds that night, performing a musical number about the stress of keeping up with new TV, joking about the lack of diversity at awards shows, and teasing George R.R. Martin about the fate of Jon Snow.

As for firsts, Jon Hamm finally got to put Don Draper to rest with honor, taking home the award for Best Actor for Mad Men's final season. How To Get Away With Murder actress Viola Davis broke the mold as the Emmy's first black woman to win the award for Best Lead Actress.

After a year of successes, Amy Schumer's win for sketch series Inside Amy was unsurprising, although well-deserved. A pleasant surprise was comedian and actor Tracy Morgan making his first appearance since his tragic accident in June to present the final award of the night.

Aside from awards, the evening featured plenty of antics like Amy Poehler and Amy Schumer's Mad Men spoof and Ricky Gervais posing with a fake Emmy.

Emmy Host And Prom King Andy Samberg

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Andy Samberg held his own during his first gig hosting a major awards ceremony. He kicked off the night with a song and dance number that poked fun at the sheer amount of television available to viewers these days. The pre-taped video imagined him confining himself to a bunker to catch up on all the trendy new shows. Samberg also commented on diversity in awards show, an issue that has permeated across the Emmys, Oscars, Grammys and more. “The big story this year is diversity,” he said. “This is the most diverse group of nominees in Emmys history. Racism is over! Don’t fact-check that.”

Amy Schumer

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Amy Schumer, who has had a white-hot year of successes thanks to her sketch show Inside Amy Schumer and her blockbuster comedy Trainwreck, took home the award for best variety sketch series — a new category at the awards.

Jon Hamm

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After being nominated seven times and not winning, Jon Hamm finally won the best actor award for Mad Men for the show's last season. Hamm initially joked when he took the stage, "there has been a terrible mistake clearly", but then got serious: "It's incredible and impossible for me personally to be standing here," he said of the honor.

Viola Davis

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Viola Davis, star of ABC's How To Get Away With Murder made history as the first black woman to win the best lead actress award. She emphasized the significance of the award in her acceptance speech saying, “The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.”

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Gwendoline Christie

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The actress behind Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones, Gwendoline Christie, accounted for one of the shows 12 wins last night. In a white floor-length, Grecian-style gown, Christie looked nothing like the rough-around-the-edges character she plays on the show.

Diane Guerrero

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Diane Guerrero, who plays recurring roles in Jane the Virgin and Orange Is the New Black looked glamorous on the red carpet. OITNB, which was moved from the comedy category to the drama category this year due to a new Emmy rule, received four nominations last night including "Outstanding Drama Series".

Ricky Gervais

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Ricky Gervais poked fun at his Emmy-losing streak by posing with a fake Emmy and asking the audience to take pictures of him with it and post them on Twitter, arguing that in a few days, no one will remember whether or not he really won. Gervais continued to ham it up while he and the other nominated actors faces were displayed on screen for the Best Actor in a Limited Series nomination, shooing the camera away from his face. Fulfilling his own prophecy, Gervais lost out to Olive Kitteridge star Richard Jenkins — one of many wins for the miniseries that night.

George R. R. Martin

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Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin celebrated his own 67th birthday at the 67th Emmys. Samberg took the opportunity to wish him a happy birthday and show him a photoshopped picture of himself as a baby at the first Emmy awards:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

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Guess the voters had more sentiment for Stewart than they did for the other departing hosts David Letterman and Stephen Colbert. The Daily Show, deservedly, won for both writing and directing (Outstanding Variety Talk Show). John Oliver and both Jimmys (Fallon and Kimmel) were also nominated.

Trevor Noah

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It’s a blessing and a curse that The Daily Show With Jon Stewart won another couple Emmy awards last night. Noah, the 31 year-old comedian takes over an award-winning show but, well, he takes over an award-winning show. Can he fill Jon’s unfillable shoes?

Jaimie Alexander

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Even though it was absolutely scorching out, Jaimie Alexander looked cool and captivating at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards. While she has a bunch of projects lined up, we can’t wait to see her in Thor: Ragnarok.

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Regina King

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The American Crime actress didn’t expect to win, considering she was up against the likes of Angela Basset and Kathy Bates but King still happily snatched up the award. While she can be seen next in the TV movie Pariah, we’re expecting her schedule to fill up quickly.

Teyonah Parris

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Surprise, surprise, another Mad Men star is one of the night's best-dressed. Parris, who also starred in Dear White People and next has parts in Chi-Raq and Where Children Play, wore a polka dotted Francesca Miranda dress.

John Oliver

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The late night host couldn’t help but offering some physical commentary on the whole spectacle. Keep us honest, John, keep us honest. And with Jon Stewart finally out of the way, we’ll expect the Emmys to start rolling in next year for the best voice of reason in the business.

Lady Gaga

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Twitter went all aflutter when Lady Gaga hit the red carpet last night. The surprising thing, however, was that she wasn’t wearing a pumpkin or a rocket or a dress made of meat but was in an elegant black dress. Simple can be shocking too.